Jerry garcia 5k

Finally a decent 5k!  Its been a while since i ran a good one.  My goal was to run faster than my recent 10k time, which was a 6:52 pace.  I went out a little under 6:50s for all 3 miles - and ran nice even splits for the race.  6:46 pace overall according to official time.  The pacing felt real good for about the first 2 miles - then the humidity started to get to me - but since i didnt take it out too fast - I still had enough in the tank to finish ok.  Not bad for an easy summery fun run.   

Mixed bag June

So this is kind of a 'free' month as far as training goes.  My main focus has been to just get some longer runs in before i officially start my Marathon plan - which, if all goes well - would be about 17 days from now.  The Sunday after the AM mile - I did a 9.3 miler - which felt pretty good.  I then did  a lazy run from work - in which i tripped and fell down - not my best run.  And then thursday of last week I did a 12 miler from home in the morning which really really sucked.  Felt crappy after 4 miles - but wanted at least one 12-er before starting my marathon plan.  I thought it would be easy considering i had a nice 11 miler a few weeks before - but no.  I've been trying to drop a few pounds - so maybe it was just lack of fuel and a little warm weather. 

Anyhow - last sunday I felt really good again - 5 miler at 7:39 pace.  Nice morning.  Nice pace - great father's day run.  Today i headed out for another 'longish' run - 10 at a 8:02 pace.  Felt pretty good - although i'm a little tired now. 

A bit of a break this weekend - then a race next thursday - and maybe the concord 5-miler the following week. 

Race Week!

I managed my long run last week - a really nice 11 miler.  Felt pretty beat at the end - but it was good to get some distance in training.  Unfortunately, I had to spend some time gardening (yes) at our rental house.  Needed to be done - but no time for a single run over last weekend.  Last run was more intervals last Tuesday: 2x400; 4x200 at mile pace.

The race rolled around on a great night last Thursday.  I felt pretty good heading in.  Race started real well - I hit the 800 at 2:52 - but didn't keep the pace - i think i was over 1:30 the next lap, and didn't close fast enough to make up the lost time: 5:50.  One second off of last year's pace.  Not bad, but was really hoping for better than that.